In ancient China, playing the piano (guqin), playing chess (Go), calligraphy (brush) and painting (traditional Chinese painting) were the skills of literati, including some famous families, which must be mastered and understood. Guqin is one of the oldest musical instruments in China. Go is the best in China, and calligraphy is a traditional art in China. Ink painting is also unique to China. Therefore, Qinqi calligraphy and painting reflects the long history and traditional culture of China.
2. Opera
Traditional Chinese opera is a traditional form of drama in China with a long history of origin. According to incomplete statistics, there are about 360 plays, about 360 countries and thousands of traditional songs. Popular and famous operas include: Beijing Opera, Beijing Opera, Yue Opera, Henan Opera, xiang opera, Guangdong Opera, Qin Chao Opera, Sichuan Opera, Pingchuan Opera, Hebei Opera, Hebei Scorpio, Anqing Huangmei Opera and Xianghua Activity. More than 50 manuscripts are waiting, especially the Beijing Opera House, all over the country, not limited by the local area.
3. Shadow play
Shadow play originated from the history of Shaanxi in the Western Han Dynasty in China, with a history of more than one billion years. It is the earliest animated film art in the world. Some people think that shadow play is the modern "ancestor of film". In China, many local drama scripts were born from shadow play, and shadow play with shadow play and artistic means of performing arts also played an important leading role in the development of modern movies. It can be seen that shadow play art has high artistic value in China and even the world.
4. Paper-cutting
Paper-cutting is one of the most popular traditional folk decorative arts in China with a long history. You can see parallel and even different types of local styles all over the country. Paper-cutting not only shows people's aesthetic taste, but also contains the profound psychology of the country. He is one of the most unique people in China, and his modeling is particularly worth studying. Folk paper-cutting has the functions of synthesis, beautification and auspiciousness, while folk paper-cutting uses its own specific expression language to convey the connotation and essence of traditional culture.
5. Mud art
Wharf art is an ancient and common folk art in China. It uses soil as raw material to knead by hand, or its content is mainly human and animals. The clay sculpture art in China can be traced back to the Neolithic Age from 4000 years ago to 10000 years ago, and there are also many discoveries in the underground archaeology of prehistoric culture. The most famous clay sculpture art in China is "Clay Fighter Zhang" in Tianjin, Huimu in Wuxi and Dunhuang Grottoes. Today, mud art is a specific writing that people pursue.
6. Weaving technology (Chinese knot)
The process of diagnosis and treatment has a long history in China. It has been woven beautifully for more than 1000 years in the daily life of Liao Dynasty. After the Qing dynasty, it became more popular in all fields of life. Its weaving materials are varied, such as wicker, rat's paw, sorghum, straw, bamboo, rope, metal braid and so on. In fact, Chinese knot is a traditional auspicious decoration, a unique, colorful and rich tradition, and a unique private hand decoration. 7. Puppet
Puppet art has a long history in China. The earliest puppets may be related to the funeral of slave society. Puppet show is a form of drama in the story of artists operating puppets, and China's puppets played a role in the Han Dynasty. Nowadays, there are many kinds of puppet shows, including western Liaoning puppet show, Zhangzhou old puppet show, Quanzhou papaya puppet show, Jinjiang old puppet show, Shaoyang puppet show, Gaozhou puppet show, Chaozhou Tiepu puppet show, Sichuan Peking University puppet show, Shijimu puppet show, Yangji puppet show, Taishun photographer and superior Lin. From the form of performance, it can be summarized as connecting puppet, pole puppet, bag puppet, puppet and a puppet.
8. Acrobatics
As for the Neolithic Age, acrobatics in China has always been in the primary stage. Han Dynasty is the period of the formation and growth of acrobatics in China. The Han Dynasty was rapidly enriched, with more and more varieties and constantly improved skills, and finally a variety of new performing arts were formed in the eastern part of the Eastern Han Dynasty. -"percentage system". China acrobatics has a strict introversion, and each skill generates electricity. At the same time, there is another area, such as wuqiao county, and China is a famous hometown of acrobatics. Acrobatics artists are honored, and the skills of their ancestors will be preserved forever and will be passed down.
9.kites
Kites were invented by people in China. They were made of wooden birds with ink. It has been developed for three years. It is the origin of human primitive kites. Kite Flying Today, China's kite flying activities aim to play an important role in foreign cultural exchanges, strengthen the friendship among people all over the world, and develop economy and tourism. Weifang City, Shandong Province holds the Kite Festival every year.
10, Dragon and Lion Dance
Dragon dance is an excellent folk art in China, and people will entertain it every Lantern Festival or evening celebration. This custom originated in the Three Kingdoms and began to spread in the Northern and Southern Dynasties. It has a history of 1000 years. China folk tradition holds that dragon and lion dances can ward off evil spirits. Therefore, every festival, such as Xinqing and Spring Festival, everyone likes to play drums and dance dragons.